USC Subchapter C

26 U.S.C. § 4421 Definitions

For purposes of this chapter— (1) WagerThe term “wager” means—(A) any wager with respect to a sports event or a contest placed with a person engaged in the business of accepting such wagers, (B) any wager placed in a wagering pool with respect to a sports event or a contest, if such pool is conducted for profit, and (C) any wager placed in a lottery conducted for profit. (2) LotteryThe term “lottery” includes the numbers game, policy, and similar types of wagering. The term does not include—(A) any game of a type in which usually(i) the wagers are placed, (ii) the winners are determined, and (iii) the distribution of prizes or other property is made, in the presence of all persons placing wagers in such game, and (B) any drawing conducted by an organization exempt from tax under sections 501 and 521, if no part of the net proceeds derived from such drawing inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

26 U.S.C. § 4422 Applicability of Federal and State laws

The payment of any tax imposed by this chapter with respect to any activity shall not exempt any person from any penalty provided by a law of the United States or of any State for engaging in the same activity, nor shall the payment of any such tax prohibit any State from placing a tax on the same activity for State or other purposes.

26 U.S.C. § 4423 Inspection of books

Notwithstanding section 7605(b), the books of account of any person liable for tax under this chapter may be examined and inspected as frequently as may be needful to the enforcement of this chapter.

26 U.S.C. § 4424 Disclosure of wagering tax information

(a) General ruleExcept as otherwise provided in this section, neither the Secretary nor any other officer or employee of the Treasury Department may divulge or make known in any manner whatever to any person—(1) any original, copy, or abstract of any return, payment, or registration made pursuant to this chapter, (2) any record required for making any such return, payment, or registration, which the Secretary is permitted by the taxpayer to examine or which is produced pursuant to section 7602, or (3) any information come at by the exploitation of any such return, payment, registration, or record. (b) Permissible disclosureA disclosure otherwise prohibited by subsection (a) may be made in connection with the administration or civil or criminal enforcement of any tax imposed by this title. However, any document or information so disclosed may not be—(1) divulged or made known in any manner whatever by any officer or employee of the United States to any person except in connection with the administration or civil or criminal enforcement of this title, nor (2) used, directly or indirectly, in any criminal prosecution for any offense occurring before the date of enactment of this section. (c) Use of documents possessed by taxpayerExcept in connection with the administration or civil or criminal enforcement of any tax imposed by this title—(1) any stamp denoting payment of the special tax under this chapter, (2) any original, copy, or abstract possessed by a taxpayer of any return, payment, or registration made by such taxpayer pursuant to this chapter, and (3) any information come at by the exploitation of any such document, shall not be used against such taxpayer in any criminal proceeding. (d) Inspection by committees of CongressSection 6103(f) shall apply with respect to any return, payment, or registration made pursuant to this chapter.